Quentin Gibson spent his first season at Colorado giving Buffaloes fans a quick glimpse of what he can do. Now the second-year receiver says there’s a lot more coming.
The adjustment, as Gibson put it, came down to speed. Asked how college compared with high school, he didn’t need a long answer.
“They move a lot faster,” Gibson said of the Division I defenders trying to chase him down.
That speed cut both ways. Gibson showed enough burst last season to matter on special teams, especially as a returner, and he’s now pushing for a bigger role in the receiver mix while also aiming to be even more dangerous in the return game.
“Just take advantage of everything they give to me,” Gibson said. “Every opportunity, try to make a play.
I wouldn’t say (last year) was humbling, because I wasn’t getting the ball before my senior year (of high school). When I’m not on the field, I’m able to watch the people that’s playing.
Just learning from them.
“I’m going to show you all a lot more than last year. That was just a glimpse.”
Gibson’s path to Boulder included a monster senior season at North Crowley (Texas) High School, where he helped lead his team to the Class 6A state championship. In the title game alone, he had 181 receiving yards and three touchdowns on seven catches. He finished that season with 2,009 yards and 36 touchdown receptions, then added two rushing touchdowns, a punt-return score and even a 74-yard touchdown pass in the playoffs.
At Colorado, the 5-foot-9, 155-pound receiver didn’t immediately light up the stat sheet, but he did leave a mark in the return game. Gibson finished second in the Big 12 in overall kickoff return yards with 597, though that total was helped by how often Colorado was kicking off. More telling was his 23.9-yard kickoff return average, which ranked second in the conference, along with a long return of 46 yards.
His work on offense was more modest: 15 catches for 71 yards, an average of 4.7 yards per reception, plus two carries for nine yards.
This year, Gibson says the game has slowed down for him. Last season, he had trouble getting comfortable with the playbook. Now he’s working through a new one under offensive coordinator Brennan Marion and his Go-Go offense, which Gibson said has plenty to digest.
“Last year, I had a little trouble with learning the plays first year in. It was hard for me,” Gibson said.
“This year, coming in, it’s normal. The Go-Go offense is great.
There’s about 800 plays.”
That added comfort has Gibson thinking bigger, both for himself and for Colorado’s offense. He wants to be one of the players helping make things easier for Julian Lewis, the Buffs’ young quarterback.
Marion said Lewis is progressing steadily.
“(Lewis) is continuing to grow every day,” Marion said. “He’s still a young kid.
He still has a lot of growth to do. He’s not going to be a final product year one.
But he’s doing a really good job of being the same guy, consistent every day, and his teammates are respecting him for it.”
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